Bennsville, MD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2406615, place: Bennsville CDP, Maryland)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,183 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 131 (6%)
Kindergarten: 72 (3.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 989 (45.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 590 (27.03%)
College or graduate school: 401 (18.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,760 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 110 (2.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 279 (5.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,266 (26.6%)
Some college, no degree: 1,292 (27.14%)
Associate degree: 419 (8.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 979 (20.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 415 (8.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,654 (100%)
Never married: 1,255 (22.2%)
Now married, except separated: 3,770 (66.68%)
Separated: 86 (1.52%)
Total Widowed: 173 (3.06%)
Widowed Female: 162 (2.87%)
Total Divorced: 370 (6.54%)
Divorced Female: 198 (3.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 129 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (3.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,112 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 873 (17.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,917 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (4.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,460 (100%)
--With a disability: 689 (15.45%)
----Percent employed: 63.1%
--No disability: 3,771 (84.55%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 361 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (29.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,857 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,786 (55.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,992 (43.63%)
--Same county: 1,153 (16.81%)
--Different county: 1,839 (26.82%)
----Same state: 910 (13.27%)
----Different state: 929 (13.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 79 (1.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,328 (100%)
Native: 7,149 (97.56%)
--Born in United States: 7,031 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,587 (35.3%)
----Different state: 4,444 (60.64%)
--Born outside United States: 118 (1.61%)
Foreign born: 179 (2.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 34 (0.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 113 (1.54%)
--Not a citizen: 66 (0.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 179 (100%)
Europe: 51 (28.49%)
Asia: 76 (42.46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 52 (29.05%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,857 (100%)
English only: 6,559 (95.65%)
Language other than English: 298 (4.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (1.74%)
--Spanish: 87 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 157 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,328 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,468% (115.56%)
Arab: 12 (0.16%)
Czech: 54 (0.74%)
Danish: 19 (0.26%)
Dutch: 113 (1.54%)
English: 1,065 (14.53%)
French (except Basque): 213 (2.91%)
French Canadian: 80 (1.09%)
German: 1,515 (20.67%)
Greek: 53 (0.72%)
Hungarian: 67 (0.91%)
Irish: 1,265 (17.26%)
Italian: 597 (8.15%)
Lithuanian: 42 (0.57%)
Norwegian: 144 (1.97%)
Polish: 184 (2.51%)
Portuguese: 80 (1.09%)
Russian: 49 (0.67%)
Scotch-Irish: 163 (2.22%)
Scottish: 94 (1.28%)
Slovak: 39 (0.53%)
Subsaharan African: 46 (0.63%)
Swedish: 17 (0.23%)
Swiss: 54 (0.74%)
Ukrainian: 30 (0.41%)
United States or American: 364 (4.97%)
Welsh: 98 (1.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 1,997 (27.25%)

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